The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-09

graph, the telephone, the electric
light and other modern Improvements
are utilized extensively by her citi-
ZehS. Her business status and repu-
tation.in the great centres of trade are
unimpeachable. Her taxes are phe-
nomenally low, and her internal
affairs have been honestly aud
economically conducted. Her school
system, with the best text
books used in the foremost
schools of the country, provides
strictly secular education for the chill
dren in every City and settlement. Her
school statistics bear very favorable
comparison with even the older States.
Nothing now stands in the wsy of her
march to that proud position to which
everything just and natural points as
her destiny, but those political dis
abilities which only statehood can
remove.
We appeal to your honorable body
to regard the wishes of q people who
earnestly desire to aid in promoting
the welfare and glory of the. Union, land
who, from the day their pioneers first
unfurled the Stars and Stripes on this
then Mexican soil, have looked for
ward to the time when they should
enter the Union as State, as guaran-
teed to them in common with other
residents on the territory acquired by
the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
We ask that the Constitution of the
proposed State of Utah shall receive
the close and impartial attention of
your honorable body. It guarantees
republican form of government.
1t provides for equal rights and privi-
legeS before the law to citizens of all
no ri nc, dc Il. -
is broad and liberal and contains the
best provisions to be found in other
State constitutions. 1t meets the de-
mands that have been made upon the
majority of the people of Utah when
they nave previously asked admission
into the Union. What more can be
required of any people?
The admission OF Utah will relieve
the Government of a question that has
troubled it for quarter of century,
and remove It from national to local
regulation, where it properly belongs.
1t will add one more star to the ma
tional galaxy, increase the strength of
the Union, save the country many
thousands Of dollars annually, and
bind to the interests of the nation a
body of honest, patriotic and grateful
people who will be found, when the
mistS of misrepresentation and preju-
dice are cleared aWay,to be a commun-
ltY OF which any government might be
proud.
e1nm mt, ''and we ask that it be given US
NOW. For nearly forty years Utah has
been pleading for Statehood. Shall
deaf ear be still turned to her entrea-
ties? We hope for better things. In
behalf of the great majority of the vot-
ers who represent the vast ma
jority of the people of Utah,
we submit that having broken !
no law, we should not be deprived off
our liberties on account of objections
raised against others. We ask for JUS
tice and a fair consideration of our
cause, with 1.-The solemn pledge that
Utah as State Will be faithfully de-
voted TO true republican principles and
to the interest and welfare of the gov
eminent of the United States: And |
your memorialistS will ever pray.
Adopted In Convention at Salt Lake |
City, Utah Territory, on the eighth day
of October, AID. 1887, by unanimous
vote, and ordered to be signed BY the
President and Secretary.
JOHN T. GAME,
President.
HEBER NJ. WELLS,
Secretary.
Mr.. Young thought the document |
rather long, and moved to strike out a
certain paragraph referring to the in
1ustries and wealth of the Territory, as
it was q reiteration. Lost.
Mr.. Sharp moved that the memorial
De adopted and signed by the president
and secretary.
The convention adiourned snh1ect tn
call of the president, John 7. Caine. =
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